Nine foreign victims identified after Spain train crash
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
Spanish authorities have identified nine more foreign victims of the train collision that killed 69 people near Urda, in Toledo province. Four US nationals are among them, while three people remain missing; authorities are awaiting the arrival of relatives to carry out the identifications, according to their statement.
Ten foreign nationals are among the 69 people killed in the collision between a Renfe high-speed train and an Iryo train near Urda, in Spain’s Toledo province, Spanish authorities said on Sunday. They are four US citizens and one national each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic.
The identification unit, made up of police officers and forensic experts, said that 66 victims had now been identified, including 54 Spaniards, one French national and one Portuguese national. Three missing-person reports remain open: they concern two Australians and one Japanese national, according to the authorities, who are awaiting the arrival of relatives wishing to carry out an identification in person.
The accident is the second involving high-speed trains in Spain this year, after one in Andalusia in January that killed 46 people. It occurred when a Renfe train collided with the rear of a stationary Iryo train; services had been halted after an automatic safety system failed, before a control centre authorised the Renfe train to resume its journey.
The new identifications come after the collision of two trains in Spain, announced on 30 October, and steps taken by families to provide their DNA, reported on 29 October in the case of the train crash in Spain.
